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Talila "TL" Lewis: A Primer: Disability Justice In the Age of Mass Incarceration

CW: Ableism, eugenics, institutionalism, incarceration, police violence and murder, and related.

  1. This is a livetweet from Affect Conf 2017, Day 1.
  2. For more information about this talk and others, check out my full Day 1 writeup on Medium.
  3. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Talk #4: Talila 'TL' Lewis (@talilalewis) - "A Primer: Disability Justice In the Age of Mass Incarceration"
    3 months ago
  4. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Begins with a moment to make space for folks not here bc of incarceration, murder by the state, etc.
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  5. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Reminder: this is an American crisis, not an immigration issue or similar.
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  6. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Incarceration and deportation are the same thing.
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  7. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Don't call it the justice system, because there is no justice.
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  8. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Talila is an attorney and works with wrongfully convicted, incarcerated folks with multiple disabilities
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  9. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Showing a chart of incarceration rates compared to founding NATO members. The US is literally off the chart. Almost 5x next highest UK rate.
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  10. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    "The idea of race is inextricably tied to disability." Folks who did not survive passage to US as slaves were labeled refuse .
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  11. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    [CW: medical abuse, desecration] Used in medical experimentation, limbs sold. Geez.
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  12. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Argues that surviving marginalization/oppression due to race, etc. creates a kind of disability.
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  13. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    "Trauma is a cause & consequence of disability. Poverty is a form of violence... & cause & consequence of disability as well."
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  14. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    "Ableism is this... systemic idea of who in a society received acknowledgement as being a valuable person."
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  15. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    "It's the idea that people have to behave, excel, be able to make money in a particular way to be deemed valuable."
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  16. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Side note: disablism is often used in the UK rather than ableism.
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  17. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Don't call it the foster care system. Call it kid prison.
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  18. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Discussed the medical vs. social model of disability. Look this up if you don't know about it, folks!
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  19. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Use of the term "mad" for mental illness(?), which, to me, pings for me @madgifts' Mad Maps:  http://theicarusproject.net/the-first-mad-maps-guide-is-here/ …
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  20. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Talila mentions there is no disability without racism and no racism without disability.
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  21. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Discusses the need to normalize "disability," etc.
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  22. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    ADDICTION IS A DISABILITY. Disabled folks are imprisoned for this.
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  23. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Underlines the cycle of trauma, disability, and poverty.
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  24. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Crime is a social construct, just like race, disability, gender, national borders, etc. etc.
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  25. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Consider: disability rights vs. disability justice.
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  26. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Had trouble keeping up, but you can find details in live captions:  https://aloft.nu/mkk/affectconf  See also @talilalewis' work for lots more info!
    3 months ago
  27. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Shout-out to @autistichoya  http://www.autistichoya.com 
    3 months ago
  28. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    If you don't have incarcerated folks in your life, get into the prisons and work with and around them! No justice until everyone gets it.
    3 months ago
  29. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    See #disabilitysolidarity and #disabilityjustice
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  30. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Consider the concept of "freedom privilege." And we should be using every privilege we have to advance justice for other.
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  31. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Can you feel freedom? To one of Talila's friends, freedom was seeing a tree for the first time in 20-something years, and hugging it.
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  32. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    @talilalewis Do you have a Patreon, donate link, or something else you'd like to plug at the end of this thread?
    3 months ago
  33. talilalewis
    T.L.@talilalewis
    @dmurring Smile thanks. Don't have patron yet. Have a blog:  http://talilalewis.com  &  http://cash.me/TalilaLewis  or  http://paypal.me/TalilaLewis .
    3 months ago
  34. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    My work is always free, so yr financial support is extremely valuable! 💵 Tips:  http://paypal.me/dmurring  💳 Patreon:  http://patreon.com/dmurring 
    5 months ago

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